About the Poem

I wrote this poem about a very close friend of mine. I'm not sure exactly when I realized how I felt about her. Well, anyway, I wrote this poem when I found out that she basically had no romantic interest in me.

More Than Friends

by Matt Whitaker

People always say that friendships should be treasured.
But I want something more with her.
My love for her could never be measured.
I only wish she could see how I feel.
So I wonder, what can I do?
Can I just be friends with her?
Or can I say to her, "I'm falling for you,"
And lose her friendship forever?
So is there any hope here or I should let my love for her end?
No matter how it all turns out, I'll always be her friend.

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109 Visitor Comments

natasha

i love this it reminded me ofwen i liked my freind will not say his name

Jason

That was a really great poem! Exactly what I'm going through and describes how I feel about the girl Im falling for. Well done!

christian

really good! its like how i feel about this girl i like. cept i know she doesnt like me

Iris

I love this poem, its sweet, and many can relate to it

kayla

I luv this poem even though MAtt's saying he hopes a gurl will be more of a friend to him. well i have a friend but he's a guy and i want him to be more than i friend to me but i'm scared to ruin our friendship.

lindsey

i say he should go after her even though its not easy but at least he will know what she thought of him and he wouldnt have to think about what could have happened u nvr know

lena

my life is xactly like that poem u jus wrote. i really didnt kno he was falling 4 me n then on the phne he told me straight out n i sed, it cant be. then he sed its true!

flor

To be honest with you it was a really nice poem i did like it a lot? Hopefully you have more so i get too read them and let me see each one is good. love always a friend

priscilla

this poem is wonderful. i'm dealing with that now.

Jason

Great poem.

shampy

i just luv ur poem it reminded of my bst frnd . tears rolled done my cheecks while reading ur poem i wish i could tell him how i feel

Rebecca

I like this poem i really do but it would be better if it was to a he i am fulling 4 my best m8 and i cant stop myself i havent got a clue what to do i cant tell him cause are friendship would be ova xXx

Max

I needed to see a poem to describe what I am going through and this showed it all Absolutely brilliant.

tynisha

very cool something like i'm going through right now

LORETTA

I have a friend who I love. I'm scared he might turn away to.

traci

i really enjoyed your poem its not very often that a guy is willing to express himself in words much less put it on pubglic display but you my friend have awesome talent keep it up!

Teri

Wow!I must say this poem is an excellent poem and it has very much touched me because i have actually a best friend that im really falling for and just reading this beatiful poem makes it so tempting.

Victoria

This poem is very moving and touching. You have a way with words. Tell her what you feel and i think if you show her the poem she would like it.

vincent

keep up the good work!? I so touch with your poem, can you send me more poem that touches my heart and soul!? please! i'm begging you!?

ashley

i love ur poem because wat ur saying in ur poem is something im going through wit my girl and now we decided to be friends so ill give ur poem 5 points

Rob

man, this is almost a perfect match of my feelings for my friend carrie!

pranky

very true !

Crista

WOW this poem is really really really(i could go on saying that) Great poem it really touched me OMG i love this poem it's way awesome

elmer

its happening to me right now

shabaaz

the poem is excellent i would give it 5 out of 5 readings.

jody

i once had a girl i was in love with, i lost her love but she still wants to be my friend. its hard to go back.

Lyanne

i love this poem. its cool. and the content is touching. it caught my attention. keep it up!

jessica

this poem is kinda what im feeling right now. i luv it. !

Andrea

I think it was a great poem. It reminds me of my friend Sanjin and I. We have been best friends for 8 years. We gone out about 6 times in those eight. We still like each other but we don't know if it would be a good idea. So we are just staying friends at the moment.

Shorty

I LoVeD YoUr PoEm! I felt the same way about a guy and I told him how I felt. But it all turned out wrong cuz he stopped talking to me. He didn't felt the same way I did about him.

Chary

oh my god i loved it

McKenzie

my boyfriend just dumped me and went for my best friend if this poem is true go for it really and if she doesn't like you after that well she wasn't worth it well nice writting to you and maybe i'll hear from you some day! Your friend: even though you dont know me Mckenzie

Jessica

awwwwwww! this poem was so cute

heather

this poem is so moving, i dont no you but i beleive theres one person 4 everyone and she could it, tel her you never no what she a say.

Lauren

I know exactly how he feels. I have a male friend who i am falling for but he doesn't feel the same way about me.

precious

OMG! any gurl would lov to her a boy say that to them! yea im kinda in yur spot! but me and this guy hav been best friends for 2 years now and he treats me like we are together. but he has a crush on my friend! yea so thats another reason i lov yur poem! i kno now im not goin crazy and im not the only one! I LoVe yUr PoEm!

Charlie

This explains exactly what I'm going through right now. Just like it says, I hope that someday this girl realizes how I feel. Thanks for writing this.

Emma

it's true it is really hard to like your friend as more than a friend.

Brianna

That was great. I really enjoyed it. I am feeling the same way about a guy that is my best friend. Well, that was REALLY good.

kiss4u

this is the bomb poem even do i dont understand it but i will keep reading it

babygurl

I really like this poem, it is great. Especially since I can realte to them. I fell in love with my friend and I told him and things are okay I guess but things could have gone a lot better. Well good luck with whatever you do!

Sarah

This was an awesome poem. I have a guy friend who wrote me something similar to that and it really touched me. Keep writing and share your gift. Email me anytime. Always. sarah

kyle

I just love this poem. This is how many people feel. As. this is wat i went through. Keep it up!

Judy

I loved this poem because it reminds me of how my best friend who felt the same way about me. He stayed my best friend for 13 years knowing how he really felt about me. Well, he finally let me know how he really felt, it scarred me at first but when I searched my heart I found that I trully loved him as well. I trully believe we are soul mates and am now very happily married and have been for 5 years. Don't give up just stay her friend until you really know the time is right.

Maria

This is an awsome Poem it's exactly how I felt when I was thinkin about if my best guy friend and I should become more! But now he is my boyfriend so this poem really touched me! Keep up the GREAT work! you have a Great talent!

destiny

this poem is really tounching.

carmen

This poem compares to me so much i cant explain it in words so im not gonna try but this is so much like my situation its scary. I felt like i wrote this my self.

shirley

A very true friend gave me a copy of this poem to let me know how he felt about me. It's simple words speak volumes. Now, not only is that man a very true friend but also a lover.

Rebecca

This poem put into words perfectly what I am sure alot of us have felt one time or another. The sad thing is, in one case I was the girl on the other end that had no romantic feelings for the guy. Now I guess I know how he truly was feeling in a way.

jessica

HoW PReTTy I LoVE iT SO mUch!

Joe

This is by far one of the most inspiring poems i have ever read. And it fits me because I'm going through exactly the same thing with a girl I know I love

denise

i love your poem thats how i feel with my best friends but i don't know how to tell him. and i send him your poem it tells him how i fell. thank you for you poem

Erica

Matt, All I can say is that your words are beautiful. You are a kind and caring soul with so much passion. Don't give up on your freind, trust me she feels the same way and just doesn't know it yet.

dee

I jUsT lOvE iT.

chelsea

Hey i had hat happen 2 me this year when i started school this new guy came and i didnt knoe him so i didnt tell him that i liked him intill i talk 2 him well i found out he was the same way and we r dating now i hope we will for ever

so.not.me.

I LOVE IT!

Tracy

I thought this was a really good poem! This poem was good because it was kinda like me but to a guy friend he is a really sweet guy but we will always stay friends!

Kari

I feel the same way about my closest guy friend. I told him in a letter that I wrote to him. He wrote back and told me he felt the same way. Now we're getting married. For you people that don't have very good luck with that. just stay hopeful and some day they will feel the same way too. Good luck to you all out there.

samantha

i love this poem. i know exactly how u feel. i have liked my friend for 8 years and he and i recently decided we were in the same place. all i can say is that u need to tell people how u feel because u might be pleasantly surprised.

tanya

oh such a good poem it made me cry

susan

i reed your poem and it made me cry because i just told my best guy friend how i felt now he is scared of me i wish i would have reed it sooner it is so great

Katie

hey i have been the same way befor but i tould the boy that i liked how i feel and now we are dateing see he has new me almost all my life i mean he was like my bro. but now we have been dateing for 1yr. almost

Linds

I really like this poem. My best friend used to be going out w/ My best friend. They fought a lot and I was always there for him whenever she wasn't. I think I like him for more than an friend.

Brian

I was in this position not so long ago. and she'd just started going out with a fella but wasn't sure if it'd last. I took the plunge so that even if she just wanted to be friends,she'd have known all the facts. Luckily she liked me too and dumped the other fella. L luv her to bits as a friend and in time,if things given a chance,id luv her as a lover too. I know the feelings in this poem all too well. top notch stuff!

Shay

I live this poem so much cuz it goes hard like that gurl you keep up with that good poetry and kinds of remind me like my so -called- boyfriend

UrAsh

I hope there's still a chance for you and your friend. Why not let her know exactly how you feel. It may be mutual, but she just doesn't know how to express herself.

Ally

i like the poem. i have a friend (that's what i thought) in the office, but as time passes by. i started to fall for him. But we can't be lovers co'z I'm already married. just married. But I'm happy with my life now, I just can't believe that I can still fall in love with other guy. which is my friend.

Alley

That poem was really insprational it has inspired so many people who wish that they could be more than just friends with one of their friends. keep up the good poems i look foward to seeing more of them!

Tasha

This poem got to me. I was looking on the internet for a poem to tell this boy how I really feel about him, and I think this is the one. Thanks alot:)

angel

i feel u friend. i told my close how i felt about her but she didn't feel the same way. i was devasted but i had to have her in my life, so i worked at being her close friend again. we are close again but i still feel a lot for her. i don't know if i should let her know or just keep it inside forever. ?

Robin

This poem hits sooooo close to home, this is a great poem. I have been wanting to ask my best friend for years now, but there is another problem. They're twins. I can't ask one without upsetting the other.

Dan

I felt just like that with one of my closest friends, I got the impression she liked me, we did everything together! I made the mistake of asking her out, things have never been the same since, we hardly do anything anymore, we hardly even talk. People out there, please, no matter how badly you like the person, don't tell them how you feel until you're 100% sure that they like you back.

Jessi

I really liked this poem!i feel the same exact way about my guy friend!I already know he does'nt feel the same way about me, but then i read wut some 1 wrote in they're opinion & it kinda gave me a little hope!thanx 4 everything!:)

thomas

yo dawg, i liked this poem b/c i know what you mean, so i can relate to what your saying.

JESSI

HEY EVERY1, LIKE MOST OF THE PPL THAT HAD COMMENTS, I LIKE MY BESTFRIEND.BUT I MADE THE MISTAKE OF TELLING HIM HOW I FEEL, AND HE DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME FEELINGS AS ME.SO IF U DECIDE YOU WANT TO TELL HIM/HER, THINK LONG AND HARD ABOUT IT FIRST

valerie

u know what? i have a special feeling for my friend long time time ago and i never had a courage to tell him every time we talk together i want to tell him but i dont want to lost him..forever

JENNIFER

YOUR POEM WAS GREAT I FELT THE SAME WAY ABOUT MY BESTFRIEND AND NOW WE ARE TOGETHER SO I HOPE EVERYTHING WORKS OUT FOR YOU.

Katie

This is how I feel about my good friend.. I've tried showing him the way I feel.. I think he may like me more than a friend aswell. atleast.. I hope he does.. But I like this poem a lot.. I sent it to him :) hope he understands.

Angel

OMIGOD. This is a really kewl poem. It reminds me of my friend and me. You see, he used to be my best friend. But, when I started to develop deeper feelings for him, we sort of drifted appart. We are still friends, but not as close as before. I really miss having the closeness. He sorta already knew I might have had deeper feelings for him. But I should have told him about it sooner. Then maybe we would have started something.

abc

great poem. like everyone else said- i'm going through this very thing. do you risk sacrificing the friendship for more or keep the security blanket?

vanessa

this poem was really great!i understand where your coming from.

Rachael

OMG! when i first read this poem i cried and cried and i kept rereading it..it explains how i have felt for my best friend for so long.i go out w/ other guys and always try to get over him.but it never works we flirt all the time and no one knows us as just rach and just him (not giving name) its always rach and him b/c we are always together..i think i might finally get up the courage to tell him how i feel and this poem will help! hank you so much matt! keep writing! you are great!

Wendy

I have the same situation like this pome. I really love my best friend. I used to have a relation with him, but now, he even don't call or say a word to me. I really miss him and i will always love him, even though he won't love me.

tamara

well I think this poem is good really good

chris

I do like the poem,similar to many life stories of many people. I also had this situation. I told her how I felt and found that she did have feeling for me,but they had faded with time. Try to talk to her,never let anything pass you by.you may regret it for the rest of your life

Brittany

I think this is a really good poem. It makes me think about when i fell in love with my bestfriend.

archer

this poem is really good,it made me think even more of this one special lady, who I like very much. And would like to be more than just good friends with her. And when a poem can get me to think of her even more, you wrote a fine poem.

inluvgirl

i am going through the same thing with my best friend . i love him so much and he means so much to me , as i'm writing this i have very strong feelings for him and he doesn't know so i can really relate to the poet!

ashe69

i loved your poem. so many men never show emotions, that we all no they have!!!!!!!!

Michelle

This poem speaks out in the fear in their heart of losing the friend that they love while they cannot stop themselves from saying "I love you."

Nick

i love the poem you wrote. If it is possible can you tell me other poems. Poems such as this so i can tell to a friend of mine who i really like for a while to be interested in me. Above all your poem is great.

ashley

I feel that this is a great poem that you could give to a friend or have givin to you to get a relationship going.

mark

it fits my situatin very well and i have been looking so hard for this poem exactly and i mean (EXACTLY) thank you

moff

i fell in love with my best friend a year ago. we all know that every situation is different, but the emotions we had to face were similar. fortunately she felt the same. we are now married and the half of me that was missing is there at last. very inspirational. peace, love and harmony to you and yours.

crystal

this pome is very touching to me it reminds me of me ,and my friend mike he says were to good of friends to go out wth each other and we shouldn't reuine r friend ship that we have together i can under stand that thought

Anna

i really love this poem! tell her!!!

serina

aww this poem is so sweet :)

lauren

this poem is so sweet and itz also true. i love the poem!!!!!!

Laila

U r poem is really touching.

Josh

Very true. The same thing is happening to me.

Tommy

I have been searching for poems that best reflect my feelings for two very special ladies in my life. One is in the past but but I wish it wasn't, the other is in the now and I'm falling for her in a big way. I have found a poem for each of them, and this is for the former. Its just how I feel, and its got to be done because I didn't tell her at the time.

Alda

This poem had such an effect on me that i actually started to get tears in my eyes. I hope Mr. Whitaker has some up his sleave later.

Marcelo

Sensibility in a few words. It happenned to me so I know how it feels.

Tunisia

I could really relate to this poem. My current boyfriend once was nothing more than a mutual friend and now we are not only friends but we are also lovers. keep up the good work and I will be looking forward to to reading more of your poetry.

Rue

I really really liked this poem it was very cute and very sweet

christine

THIS POEM REMINDS ME ABOUT HOW I FEEL ABOUT MY B/FRIEND & ALSO ABOUT A FRIEND OF MINE & HIS G/FRIEND. IT STRUCK A RAW NERVE WITH ME,I GUESS IT'S BETTER 2 HAVE THEM AS A FRIEND THAT NOT 2 HAVE THEM AT ALL! THANK U 4 SHARING IT WITH ME!

anand

I have a similar situation. And I feel exactly the same way and have decided to remain friends with her, rather than risk losing her friendship. She means more than anything to me. She's my world. But fate had destined something else. Are you listening GOD ???

mari

EXCELLENT!

Edea

i love it! ^_^

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